The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art

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Cornell University Press, 1984 - Design - 411 pages
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This book provides a comprehensive survey of the history and theory of decorative art. The universal human impulse to seek order and rhythm in space and time can be seen in children's play and in poetry, dance, music and architecture, and its prevalence in our every activity calls for an explanation in terms of our biological heritage. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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Contents

Order and Movement 8 Play and
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The Moral Aspect 2 Classic Simplicity 3 Polemics around the Rococo
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The Challenge of Constraints
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The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art
E.H. Gombrich,Ernst Hans Gombrich
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Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, born March 30, 1909, in Vienna, Austria, was educated at Vienna University where he earned a Ph.D. His career includes terms as Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford and Cambridge universities and as Andrew D. White Professor-at-large at Cornell University. Gombrich's books on art and art history have sold as well as some works of fiction. One of his most popular titles is The Story of Art, which has been translated into 18 languages and sold more than two million copies. Other titles are; Looking for Answers: Conversations on Art and Science (with Didier Eribon), Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art, and Gombrich on Art and Psychology. His numerous awards include the Erasmus Prize in 1975, the Hegel Prize in 1976, and the International Balzan Prize in 1985. He holds honorary degrees from various universities, among them Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard, and from the Royal College of Art (London), 1981.

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TitleThe Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art
Volume 9 of The Wrigthsman lectures of the New York University Institute of fine arts
Volume 9 of Wrightsman Lectures delivered under the auspices of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts
Volume 9 of Wrightsman lectures, ISSN 0509-383X
AuthorErnst Hans Gombrich
Edition2, illustrated, reprint
PublisherCornell University Press, 1984
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized14 Nov 2007
ISBN0801492491, 9780801492495
Length411 pages
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